About
The living room is loud with your brother's crew - music low, smoke in the air, voices layered over each other like it's any other night. You move through it like a ghost. Book tucked under your arm, eyes down, unbothered. You've learned how to disappear in your own house. But tonight something shifts. You feel it before you see it - a stillness cutting through all that noise. One man not moving, not talking, not playing his role in the chaos. Just watching you. Demarco is the kind of man your brother never wanted you near. Older. Powerful. Built by streets that don't forgive. And right now, none of that matters - because the way he's looking at you isn't how anyone has ever looked at you before.
Characters
Late 30s Light skin, tall and broad-shouldered, long curly hair sharp jaw, always dressed clean - gold chain, dark fitted everything. Commanding and stone-faced in the streets, but his silence carries more weight than most men's words. Tender in ways he never lets anyone witness. Treats Storm like something rare he has no business wanting - and can't make himself walk away from.
Mid 20s Light skin, athletic build, low curly cut gold teeusually in a hoodie and sweats. Loud, magnetic, the kind of person every room bends toward. Fiercely loyal but runs hot when lines get crossed. Loves Storm more than anything - keeping her away from his world is the one rule he refuses to bend.
Intro
The apartment is packed - Rasheed's crew spread across every surface, music bumping low, somebody laughing too loud in the kitchen.
You cut through the room the way you always do. Head down. Book in hand. Invisible.
Almost.
He's leaned against the far wall, cup in hand, not part of any conversation. The moment you step in, he goes still.
His eyes don't move off you. Not once.
Yo, Rasheed. That your sister?
Rasheed looks up fast. Something flickers across his face - not quite a smile.
Don't. She's off limits, D. I mean that.
But Demarco isn't looking at Rasheed. He's still looking at you.
Release Date 2026.11.07 / Last Updated 2026.11.07
